Clothes-drying rack



Sept. 11, 1928.

c. F. SMITH CLOTHES DRYING BACK Filed April 25, 1921 J o 6\ 2 /1" 1/ mum A v g I f. WW I v ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 11, 192 8 UNITED STATES PATENT-OF ICE,

CHARLES FR nKLmsMIT or TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-DRYING- RACK. V

Application filed April 25, 1927. Serial No..186,442.

to'be dried may be adjusted to assume a low ered positionat the time the articles of cloth- 'ing or other laundered articles are being arranged upon the supporting arms of the device and then adjusted to an elevated position to suspend the said articles a suitable distance above the floor of the'room. In the accompanying drawings: p Fig. 1 is a view in frontelevationofthe upper portion of the rack embodying the invention? s I .lii'g. 2 is a horizontal-sectional view taken substantially on the line 22of Fig. 1 looking in the directionindicated by the arrows; Fig. '3 "is a vertical sectional View through the entire structure taken substantially'on the line'38 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;-

Fig. 4; is a horizontal sectional view in detail taken substantially on the line Hoof Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. I I 1 The rack embodying the present invention comprises upper and lower bearing-brackets indicated by the numerals 1 and 2 respectively which are preferably. secured by screws or other suitable fastening means 3 to a board 4; which may be disposed against the surface of a wall and secured to the studding of the wall by nails'or screws and arranged in upright position as shown clearly in Figure 3 of the drawings. The brackets 1 and 2 are provided Iwith outstanding arms indicated respectively by the numerals 5 and and the arms 5 and 6 are formed upon their.

under'and upper, sidesrespectively with studs indicated by the numerals 7 and 8 respectively. It will be observed by reference to the drawings that the brackets 1 and 2 are of identical construction and that the brackets are secured to the board 4 inrelatively reversed position, so that the lower bracket 2 is inverted with respect to the bracket 1 and so that the studs 7 and 8 oppose eachother on a vertical line.

' pporting means embodying a head clothes 1r, I. 11 general by the numeral The rack further includes 9 and which will presently be more specifically described, this; head being mounted upon asupporting standard 10 which may be either in the nature of a cylindrical'rod of hard wood. or a suitable length of pipe. In any event, the standard is provided in its upper and lower ends with'socket s 11" and'12 respectively which accommodate the studs 7 and 8 the standardbeing in this "manner iirmlysupported in an upright'position and spacedswith respect to'the forward'side of the, board 4.

The head 9 above referredto may be made of hard wood and is formed of any 'desired contour but preferably with a'transversely rounded outer side 13 and aflat rear side "lei, the head being provided with a channel 15 in its rear'side of a diameter to more 'oriles's snugly accommodate the standard 10,' the head being slidably adjustably'mounted upon the said standard in the mannerclearlyshown' in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings; Means is provided, as will presently. be explained, for

holdi mg the head inan elevated position and fOIYSlllt-ttblY guiding the head in its adjustment vertically along thestandard, and the head is formed in its said outer side 13 with a number ofsockets 16 which are radial to the vertical center line of the'rear face of the head. Preferably the sockets 1 6 will be located in two or more rows'or series located one above another in'suitably spaced relation as best shown in Figures 1 and '3 of the drawlugs, and clothes supporting arms 17 are fitted at their inner ends into the sockets 16 and extend radially from the said head. These arms are preferably each in the form of a rod of wood or metal, hard wood being: vfound preferable for'the purpose inasmuch as it is capable of sustaining the art-iclesof clothing or the like to be dried and does not corrode when subjected-to-moisture,

In order that the head 9 may be vertically adjusted upon the standard 10 from the lowered position shown in dotted lines in Figure '3 to the full line position shown-in said figure, a cable 18 is securedat one end to'an eye 19 upon the forward side of the head 9 and is trained over a.pulley 20 which is suspended from a hook 21 formed at the'outer end of the arm 5 of the bracket l. The cable is led downwardly and is provided at its lower end with a ring 22 which may be engaged with a hook 23 formed at the outer end of the arm 6 of the bracket 2 as clearly shown in Figure time when thecable is so adjusted the 9 will be supported in the full elevated position shown in full lines in the said figure and in Figure 1. It will be understood at this point that a slight downward pull upon the cable will permit of disengagement of the ring 22 from the hook 23 so that the cable may be paid out and the head 9 permitted to lower upon the standard by gravity so as to assume the dotted line position shown in Figure 3.

Inorder to avoid any binding of the head means is provided in connectionwith the head 9 for co-operation with the standard and this means will now be described. The means embodies a plate 24rof segmental form which is secured in any suitable manner upon the upper end of the head 9 with its chordal edge in registration with the rear face of the said head, and this plate is formed with an. opening 25 and at each side of the rear portion of the opening with a pair of upstanding ears 26 between which is mounted an anti-friction roller 27 preferably of hard wood although metal or any other, material found suitable for the purpose may be employed if desired. As clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings these rollers have thelr axes disposed sub 7 stantially-at right angles to each other so that the peripheries of the rollers engage for con tact the standard 10 at spaced points at the rear side of the standard. A similar plate 28 is fixed upon the lower end of the head 9 and the said plate 28 is formed with. an opening 29 eorrespondingto the opening 25 in the plate 24. The lower end of the head 9 is formed with a recess 30 located at the forward side of the lower end of the channel 15 of the head and pairs of spaced ears 31 are provided upon the upper side of the plate 28 and have anti-friction rollers 32 journaled between them and corresponding to the roll-- ers 27. It will be observed by reference to Figures 3 and 4. of the drawings that whereas the anti-friction rollers 27 contact the standard 10 at spaced points at therear side thereof, the anti-friction rollers 32 contact I the standard at spaced points at the forward side thereof and this is of advantage in view of the fact that the weight imposed upon the arms 17 by the damp articles of clothing and'the'like draped thereon, tends to overbalance the head 9 in a forward direction and as a consequence the rollers27 and 32 so engage the rear and front sides of the standard 10, respectively, as to avoid any binding of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. 9 upon the standard 10, anti-friction guiding In mounting the device embodying the invention, the board 4: is disposed andsecured against the wallof the room in which the device is to be located and with its upper end located either in contact with or very close to the ceiling, so that the bracket 5 willbe similarly located and, when the head 9 is in elevated position, it will1be evident that the clothes supported by the arms 17 will be 10- cated near the ceiling of the room where the temperature is highest.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: Y

In a clothes drying rack, upper and lower bracket members comprising attaching portions adapting them to be secured toa support, the said bracket members including outstanding arms, studs projecting from the under and upper sides of the arms of the upextends, the plates constituting means for maintaining the head in slidable engagement with the 7 standard, anti-friction rollers we I mounted upon the plate at the upper end of the head and engaging the rear side of the standard, anti-friction rollers mounted upon the plate at the lower end of the head and engaging the forward, side of the standard,-

clothes supporting arms extending radially 1 from the head, and means connected with the head and adjustable to elevate and lower the same along the standard.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES FRAN LIN SMITH. y 

